Mutual Of Omaha Life Policies To Include Travel Benefits
By Staff WriterNU Online News Service, Nov. 15, 2004, 4:15 p.m. ESTA Midwestern insurer is adding a package of services for customers with wandering ways.[@@]Mutual of ...
November 15, 2004
Illinois Blue Lights Up Chicago To Fight PrematurityNU Online News Service, Nov. 15, 2004, 6:53 p.m. ESTA Chicago-based health insurer will take part Tuesday in an incandescent campaign to help babies. ...
November 12, 2004
CFA Institute Proposes Code of Ethics for Asset ManagersCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (HedgeWorld.com)--The CFA Institute hopes its 75,000 members worldwide, including 62,000 Chartered Financial Analysts, will embrace a new code of ethics for asset managers produced by the group's new research and policy center, the CFA Centre for Financial Market Integrity. The CFA Centre on Monday [Nov. 8] released a...
November 12, 2004
Skandia Appoints Liberty Ermitage for US$100 Million AccountSTOCKHOLM, Sweden (HedgeWorld.com)--Skandia Liv, the life insurance subsidiary of Skandia, has appointed the Liberty Ermitage Group, Jersey, to run its Japanese long/short equity account. The account will be funded gradually up to US$100 million, according to a statement LEG issued Nov. 11. LEG has been represented in the Nordic region...
November 12, 2004
Drake Builds Asia OperationNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Fixed-income manager Drake Management LLC has formed a team for Asian clients and developed a web site for Asian investors. Richard Horodeck, a lawyer with expertise in offshore investments by Japanese financial institutions, joined the firm to head the Drake Asian product development and client service group. The...
November 12, 2004
Island in the Funds: Jersey Shows GrowthLONDON (HedgeWorld.com)--The Jersey hedge fund industry has continued to expand, with the number of funds now serviced there rising almost 14%, to 839 funds and subfunds, over the year previous to June. Total net assets represented by those funds rose from $US102.3 billion to $US107 billion, according to Fitzrovia, which...
November 12, 2004
Former Commerzbank Executives Start Hedge Fund BusinessNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Mark Richardson, global head of derivatives at Commerzbank Securities, has joined Mehmet Dalman, former head of Commerzbank Global Equities, in building a new hedge fund-oriented asset management firm, London-headquartered WMG. Started in October, WMG is conceived as a broad-scope service provider to high-net-worth individuals, private banks and investment...
November 12, 2004
Golden State Medical Quote Site Goes OnlineNU Online News Service, Nov. 12, 2004, 5:01 p.m. ESTInsurance agents in Santa Ana, Calif., have set up a Web-based California health insurance supermarket.[@@]The ...